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==== <RU1>

RU-1:1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled,
that there was

a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went
to sojourn in

the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

RU-1:2 And the name of the man [was] Elimelech, and the name of
his wife

Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion,
Ephrathites of

Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and
continued there.

RU-1:3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left,
and her two

sons.

RU-1:4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name
of the one

[was] Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled
there about ten

years.

RU-1:5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the
woman was left

of her two sons and her husband.

RU-1:6 Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might
return from

the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab
how that the

Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.

RU-1:7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was,
and her two

daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return
unto the land of

Judah.

RU-1:8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return
each to her

mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt
with the dead,

and with me.

RU-1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each [of you]
in the house

of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their
voice, and

wept.

RU-1:10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee
unto thy

people.

RU-1:11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye
go with me?

[are] there yet [any more] sons in my womb, that they may be
your husbands?

RU-1:12 Turn again, my daughters, go [your way]; for I am too
old to have an

husband. If I should say, I have hope, [if] I should have an
husband also to

night, and should also bear sons;

RU-1:13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye
stay for them

from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much
for your

sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

RU-1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and
Orpah kissed her

mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

RU-1:15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back
unto her people,

and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

RU-1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, [or] to
return from

following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and
where thou

lodgest, I will lodge: thy people [shall be] my people, and thy
God my God:

RU-1:17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be
buried: the LORD do

so to me, and more also, [if ought] but death part thee and me.

RU-1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with
her, then she

left speaking unto her.

RU-1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it
came to pass,

when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved
about them, and

they said, [Is] this Naomi?

RU-1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara:
for the

Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

RU-1:21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home
again empty: why

[then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against
me, and the

Almighty hath afflicted me?

RU-1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter
in law, with

her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to
Bethlehem in

the beginning of barley harvest.

==== <RU2>

RU-2:1 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man
of wealth, of

the family of Elimelech; and his name [was] Boaz.

RU-2:2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to
the field,

and glean ears of corn after [him] in whose sight I shall find
grace. And she

said unto her, Go, my daughter.

RU-2:3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after
the reapers:

and her hap was to light on a part of the field [belonging] unto
Boaz, who

[was] of the kindred of Elimelech.

RU-2:4 And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the
reapers, The

LORD [be] with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.

RU-2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the
reapers, Whose

damsel [is] this?

RU-2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered
and said, It

[is] the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the
country of

Moab:

RU-2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after
the reapers

among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the
morning until

now, that she tarried a little in the house.

RU-2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter?
Go not to

glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here
fast by my

maidens:

RU-2:9 [Let] thine eyes [be] on the field that they do reap,
and go thou

after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not
touch thee?

and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of
[that] which the

young men have drawn.

RU-2:10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the
ground, and said

unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou
shouldest take

knowledge of me, seeing I [am] a stranger?

RU-2:11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been
showed me,

all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death
of thine

husband: and [how] thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and
the land of

thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not
heretofore.

RU-2:12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the

LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

RU-2:13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord;
for that

thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly
unto thine

handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

RU-2:14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither,
and eat of the

bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the
reapers: and

he reached her parched [corn], and she did eat, and was sufficed,
and left.

RU-2:15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his
young men,

saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her
not:

RU-2:16 And let fall also [some] of the handfuls of purpose for
her, and

leave [them], that she may glean [them], and rebuke her not.

RU-2:17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out
that she had

gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.

RU-2:18 And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her
mother in law

saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her
that she had

reserved after she was sufficed.

RU-2:19 And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou
gleaned to day?

and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge
of thee. And

she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said,
The man's

name with whom I wrought to day [is] Boaz.

RU-2:20 And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed [be]
he of the LORD,

who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.
And Naomi

said unto her, The man [is] near of kin unto us, one of our next
kinsmen.

RU-2:21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou
shalt keep

fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

RU-2:22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, [It is]
good, my

daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee
not in any

other field.

RU-2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto
the end of

barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother
in law.

==== <RU3>

RU-3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter,
shall I not

seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

RU-3:2 And now [is] not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens
thou wast?

Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.

RU-3:3 Wash thy self therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy
raiment upon

thee, and get thee down to the floor: [but] make not thyself
known unto the

man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

RU-3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt
mark the place

where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet,
and lay thee

down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

RU-3:5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I
will do.

RU-3:6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to
all that her

mother in law bade her.

RU-3:7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was
merry, he went to

lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly,
and uncovered

his feet, and laid her down.

RU-3:8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid,
and turned

himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.

RU-3:9 And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am]
Ruth thine

handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for
thou [art] a

near kinsman.

RU-3:10 And he said, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD, my daughter:
[for] thou

hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the
beginning, inasmuch as

thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

RU-3:11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all
that thou

requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou
[art] a virtuous

woman.

RU-3:12 And now it is true that I [am thy] near kinsman:
howbeit there is a

kinsman nearer than I.

RU-3:13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning,
[that] if he will

perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
kinsman's part:

but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I
do the part

of a kinsman to thee, [as] the LORD liveth: lie down until the
morning.

RU-3:14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose
up before one

could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a
woman came into

the floor.

RU-3:15 Also he said, Bring the veil that [thou hast] upon thee,
and hold it.

And when she held it, he measured six [measures] of barley, and
laid [it] on

her: and she went into the city.

RU-3:16 And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who
[art] thou, my

daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

RU-3:17 And she said, These six [measures] of barley gave he me;
for he said

to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.

RU-3:18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know
how the matter

will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have
finished the thing

this day.

==== <RU4>

RU-4:1 Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there:
and, behold,

the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho,
such a one!

turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

RU-4:2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said,
Sit ye down

here. And they sat down.

RU-4:3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again
out of the

country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which [was] our
brother

Elimelech's:

RU-4:4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy [it] before
the

inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt
redeem [it],

redeem [it]: but if thou wilt not redeem [it, then] tell me,
that I may know:

for [there is] none to redeem [it] beside thee; and I [am] after
thee. And he

said, I will redeem [it].

RU-4:5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the
hand of Naomi,

thou must buy [it] also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the
dead, to raise

up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

RU-4:6 And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem [it] for myself,
lest I mar mine

own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot
redeem [it].

RU-4:7 Now this [was the manner] in former time in Israel
concerning

redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a
man plucked

off his shoe, and gave [it] to his neighbour: and this [was] a
testimony in

Israel.

RU-4:8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy [it] for thee.
So he drew

off his shoe.

RU-4:9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and [unto] all the people,
Ye [are]

witnesses this day, that I have bought all that [was]
Elimelech's, and all

that [was] Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

RU-4:10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I
purchased to

be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his
inheritance, that the

name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and
from the gate of

his place: ye [are] witnesses this day.

RU-4:11 And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the
elders, said, [We

are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine
house like

Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel:
and do thou

worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:

RU-4:12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom
Tamar bare unto

Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young
woman.

RU-4:13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he
went in unto

her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.

RU-4:14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed [be] the LORD,
which hath not

left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be
famous in Israel.

RU-4:15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of [thy] life, and
a nourisher

of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee,
which is better

to thee than seven sons, hath borne him.

RU-4:16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and
became nurse

unto it.

RU-4:17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying,
There is a son

born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he [is] the father
of Jesse, the

father of David.

RU-4:18 Now these [are] the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat
Hezron,

RU-4:19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

RU-4:20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

RU-4:21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

RU-4:22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.







  
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